Bueno, voy a empezar esta nueva "sección" recomendando una canción de un gran cantante uruguayo, su nombre es Dani Umpi, y la canción se llama Atracción.

Si lo tuyo es el electropop en español, y te gustan Miranda! u otras propuestas similares, entonces no te pierdas a Dani, vale la pena escucharlo!

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Lately I've been listening a lot to Late of the Pier. I find them awesome!

If you like new rave I think you should listen to The Bears Are Coming.
Maybe you'll get addicted to them, just like me!

This was my most expected concert of the year. Calvin Harris is my favourite Artist along with The Killers.

It was around 3 AM and the crowd was shouting because we wanted to see Calvin Harris and the boys so badly. And then Calvin and the boys out. They delighted us with "Disco Heat", which was the very first song they played in Spain. At least people in first and second row were really excited (I can tell), though I am sure the rest of the full venue was excited as well.

We were a crowd that was actually loving Calvin Harris and his music, singing every lyrics of every song and even humming the parts without lyrics.

The songs people loved the most were Acceptable in the 80s, Colours, Merrymaking At My Place, the new song Jerusalem and The Girls, which was the last song they played.

I still have no words to describe how I felt, but surely it was the best gig I've ever attended.

Sab 21 Jun – Dave Clarke, Calvin Harris

For some of you this duo, based in Brooklyn (NY) may not sound familiar. But you should remember their name (pronounced Management, even though some of us say M·G·M·T), since they're gonna be huge worldwide.

For their debut album 'Oracular Spectacular' (Columbia, 2007), they have worked with Flaming Lips' producer David Fridmann. Maybe this is the reason of some of their psychedelic sound, but we can't just blame him; the guys are talented, and they know it.

The long play begins with some weird sounds, like ripples. This is 'Time to Pretend', their first single. A proper ode to fame. This is a song about livin' it up like real rock stars. While listening to it, you feel elsewhere but where you are - like lost in space or something.

The next song is 'Weekend Wars' (one of my two favorites). It reminds me of David Bowie (definitively it could have been written by him!). According to the band, this song is about a relationship, about making it work: "It's difficult to win unless you're bored."
The bridge could have been sung by The Flaming Lips; and there's this phrase: "I can amplify the sound of light and love" - no comments, just perfect.

'The Youth', third song in the LP, is just delirious! Maybe this year will take place a kind of revival of "the summer of love", if so, we have an hymn!
Remember this phrase: "The youth's starting to change."

'Electric Feel', their second single, could perfectly be MGMT's revision of 'SexyBack' (by its meaning and its sexy ways - no, it has nothing to do with the curly guy). According to the band the song is about "finding a wild woman in the amazon with electric currents running beneath her skin", but we know what it's all about, don't we?

'Kids' (a potential single) is about childhood, about growing up (though there's controversy: some think it's about having faced a parental separation in the childhood). It features some childish noises all over the song, which makes it nostalgic. This is my favorite MGMT song. Remember the phrase: "Decisions are made and not bought."

'4th Dimensional Transition" confirmed my theory, this year a new summer of love will take place. We're entering the new 70s, so prepare yourself to make love and not war!
Well, this song is about this, entering the 4th dimension (I'm not gonna be the one to explain it to you since I don't know too much, so I encourage you to read about it - if you want, of course!)

'Pieces Of What' is exactly the kind of song you'd sing at a bonfire, and this song is about confusion: we're realizing how fucked up is our world. Notice the guitar and the tambourine, don't they remind you of good ol' hippie days?

'Of Moons, Birds & Monsters' is another psychedelic song (one more to the list of must-heards). It's about, I think, decisions and how they influence our lives. " The prick of a feather could make a kingdom burn and the bloodshed start."

'The Handshake' states a signed deal. Could it be a recording one? If it's so, it describes really well all the succes, dissappointment and consequences that come with it. Some think it's about acid (and, again its consequences). It reminds me of the "flower power", don't you think?

'Future Reflections' is the perfect ending to this album. It is about a "post-apocalyptic world in which the sole remaining inhabitants are a group of kids who hang out on an island and surf all day" - according to the band. That's it, the perfect end.

I encourage you not to just read this review (which you can perfectly leave unread) but to listen carefully to the album (which you can't leave unheard at all). You're not gonna regret!

Welcome to the new psychedelic sound, welcome to the summer of love!

By me, taken from: http://veranodelamor.blogspot.com/2008/05/mgmt-oracular-spectacular.html

My version of the article posted by marcosmonelos

US (14):
The Killers
Rooney
Panic! At the Disco
Christina Aguilera
Maroon 5
Good Charlotte
We Are Scientists
The Strokes
My Chemical Romance
Linkin Park
Green Day
MGMT
Coconut Records
OK Go

England (20):
Keane
Muse
The Wombats
Amy Winehouse
Kaiser Chiefs
Mumm-Ra
Depeche Mode
Radiohead
Razorlight
The Hoosiers
The Feeling
The Smiths
Queen
Gorillaz
Just Jack
Bloc Party
Robbie Williams
The Kooks
Placebo
Mark Ronson

Scotland (3):
Calvin Harris
Travis
Franz Ferdinand

Canada (5):
Billy Talent
Sum 41
Hot Hot Heat
Rufus Wainwright
Avril Lavigne

Russia (1):
t.A.T.u.

Sweden (2):
Ace of Base
Mando Diao

Spain (1):
La Casa Azul

Australia (1):
Kylie Minogue

Ireland (1):
U2

Lebanon (1):
Mika

France (1):
Justice